Celebrity football match: List of the players from the Virat Kohli and Abhishek Bachchan led teams

The second edition of the Celebrity Clasico is all set to hit the ground running on October 15. Scheduled at the Andheri Sports Complex in Mumbai, this fascinating game will be played against the Indian Cricket players and Bollywood celebrities. For the former, the likes of Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Hardik Pandya, Shikhar Dhawan will be key faces amongst the others, while for the latter, Abhishek Bachchan will be leading face of his All Stars FC; comprising of the likes of Ranbir Kapoor, Sidharth Malhotra, Aditya Roy Kapur and others.

Besides the cricketing stars, Indian hockey team captain PR Sreejesh and tennis sensation Rohan Bopanna will be there as well. Having said that, here is the complete squad of both the teams.

Furthermore, Businessman Raj Kundra – the former co-owner of one of the IPL franchisees Rajasthan Royals – was named in All Stars FC previously, but a report from Mumbai Mirror has confirmed his exclusion now. The reason behind this has been cited as Kundra’s antagonism with the BCCI. Rajasthan Royals were given a sustainable ban from the Indian Premier League in 2015 over corruption and match-fixing allegations.

While speaking to Mumbai Mirror, Kundra revealed that he received a call from the organizers of the event and was made clear that he will be excluded from the event, or BCCI will not allow any cricketers to be a part of it. “I got a call from GS Entertainment on Friday evening saying the BCCI will not allow cricketers to participate if I was involved in the event. I asked GS Entertainment to give such a thing in writing but they refused.”

Just in, this will be the second Celebrity Clasico with the first one being played last year. The match ended 2-2 with Yuvraj Singh and KL Rahul scoring for their team. The revenue collected through this event will go to a charity and the football match is an initiative by Cornerstone Sport and GS Entertainment.